TWI819217B - Socket set holder - Google Patents

Abstract

A socket set holder comprising a lower tray, a rail, and plurality of retainers. Each retainer comprises a post sized to fit within a central bore of a socket, a left slot and a right slot sized to receive left and right elongate edges of the rail, whereby each retainer is slideable along the rail while being vertically attached to the rail. An upper barrier comprising a central slot extending through the upper barrier, the central slot being sized to receive a plurality of vertically oriented sockets that each have an internal bore of standard configuration. Wherein, the upper barrier is attached to the lower tray, thereby trapping the rail and the retainers in an immobile condition in relation to the lower tray and the upper barrier.

Description

Mounting bracket for sleeves

The invention relates to a tool holder, in particular to a holder suitable for a socket.

Generally, cylindrical objects and tools (such as sleeves) are stored together to form different size scale combinations. The prior art has developed many convenient "combination" systems for convenient storage of such tools together so that the appropriate size socket can be found in a very short time. Some systems place tools in groups and collect them together in a bin with a closable lid. Some even use magnets to hold tools in place. Some systems are designed to store tools vertically so that the end can be easily seen so the correct size can be seen and placed in the correct location. Typically, such systems include fixing holes or pegs into which the sleeves can be inserted or mounted.

However, certain problems remain in this area. One of the problems was in the manufacturing process of producing the system for storing cylindrical tooling. As manufacturers sell many different types and sizes of tools, many different types and sizes of tool racks will also be needed. But making different types and sizes of racks increases the cost of producing and selling different types of tools.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a tool holder that can be mass produced and which can be arranged with many different tool sets of different types and sizes to create different combinations.

In a preferred embodiment, a retainer suitable for a sleeve includes: a lower bearing plate having a substantially flat surface and a first elongated rectangular profile; A guide rail, including: a generally flat surface, a second elongated rectangular profile, the size of which can be completely placed in the first elongated rectangular profile; a left side thin frame; and a right side thin frame; a plurality of fixing members, and each The fixing member includes: a protrusion whose size fits a standard inner hole of one of the central holes of the sleeve; and a left slot and a right slot, wherein the left slot is sized to accommodate the slide rail. The left thin frame, the right slot is sized to accommodate the right thin frame of the guide rail, so each fixing piece can slide along the guide rail and be installed vertically on the guide rail; an upper frame includes: a third elongated rectangular profile, Its size is the same as the first elongated rectangular profile; and a central through groove passes through the lower surface and the upper surface of the upper baffle frame, and the central through groove is surrounded by a left side wall and a right side wall, and the central through slot can Accommodates a plurality of vertically arranged sleeves, and each sleeve has an inner hole that conforms to a standard configuration; and the upper frame is installed on the lower bearing plate to fix the guide rail and the plurality of fixing members. It cannot move relative to the upper frame and lower bearing plate.

In another embodiment, the lower support plate further includes a first angled portion having a first length and extending adjacent to an edge of the first elongated rectangular profile, and the upper frame further includes a second angled portion having a The second length extends adjacent an edge of the third elongated rectangular profile.

In another embodiment, the lower support plate further includes a first angled portion having a length and extending to adjacent an edge of the first elongated rectangular profile, and the upper frame further includes a second angled portion having a length extending to adjacent the edge of the third elongated rectangular outline.

In addition, the length of the second corner portion is greater than the length of the first corner portion, and the first corner portion is placed below the second corner portion. The boss has a square top. The boss is encased in a compressible material. The fixing bracket further includes a spherical body embedded in the protruding column and pushed away from the protruding column by a spring. Each of the left side wall and the right side wall has a height, and the lower tray has a width; in addition, the height is in the range of 0.8 to 1.2 times the width.

On the other hand, the present invention further provides a method for assembling a retainer of a sleeve, which includes: providing a lower bearing plate with a substantially flat surface; providing a guide rail including a plane with a thin frame on the left and a thin frame on the right; and providing A plurality of fixing parts, each fixing part is designed to support a sleeve with a standard inner hole, and has a left slot and a right slot; insert the thin left frame of each fixing part into the left slot, The right thin frame is inserted into the right slot; each fixing member is slid along the guide rail and spaced apart at a predetermined interval; an upper baffle frame is provided, which includes a central through-slot extending through the upper baffle a lower surface and an upper surface of the frame; insert each fixing piece through the central slot; sandwich the guide rail between the lower bearing plate and the upper baffle frame; and connect to the upper baffle frame and the lower bearing plate.

In another embodiment, connecting the upper frame to the lower bearing plate further includes positioning a corner portion of the upper frame on a corner portion of the lower bearing plate. In another embodiment, the above method further includes applying an adhesive between the upper frame and the lower bearing plate. In another embodiment, the above method further positions a corner portion of the upper baffle frame on a corner portion of the lower bearing plate and includes generating an annular tension in a corner portion of the upper baffle frame. In another embodiment, the above method further The step further includes generating an annular tension in a corner portion of the lower bearing plate. In another embodiment, the above method further clamps the guide rail between the lower bearing plate and the upper retaining frame so that the guide rail cannot move relative to the upper retaining frame and the lower bearing plate.

In order to make the above-mentioned purposes, features and advantages of the present invention easier to understand, one or more preferred embodiments are described in detail below with reference to the attached drawings.

10: Fixtures

12:Protruding pillar

14:Top surface

16:Left clamp

18: Right clamp

20:Left support flange

22:Right support flange

24:Left slot

26:Right slot

28:Sphere

30: Guide rail

32:Flange

100:fixed frame

200:sleeve

202:Inner hole

300: Undertaken

302: concave part

304: First corner part

400: Upper frame

402:Central slot

404: Second corner part

412:Left side wall

414:Right side wall

Figure 1 is a vertical perspective view of a fastener shown in Figure 7 having features of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical perspective view of an assembly of a fastener as shown in Figure 7 having features of the present invention and showing how the sleeve is installed in the assembly.

Figure 3 is a vertical perspective view of the assembly of Figure 2 showing more sleeves installed in the assembly.

FIG. 4 is a partial view of the assembly of FIGS. 2 and 3 .

FIG. 5 is a partially exploded top view of the fixing frame of FIG. 7 .

FIG. 6 is a partially assembled side view of the fixing bracket of FIG. 7 .

Figure 7 is a side perspective view of a retainer incorporating features of the present invention.

Referring to the above-mentioned drawings, the present invention is a fixing bracket 100 suitable for a sleeve. The features of the invention will be described starting from the smaller component parts of the invention and ending with the invention as a whole.

FIG. 1 shows a fixing member 10 for holding a single sleeve 200 in a stationary fixed position relative to the fixing frame 100 . As shown in the figure, the fixing member 10 includes a boss 12, which has a square portion when viewed from above. The top surface 14 of this fixture is square. The fixing member 10 has a A left clamp 16 and a right clamp 18 . The left clamp 16 has a left supporting flange 20 and the right clamp 18 has a right supporting flange 22 . The left support flange 20 is located below the left clamp 16 and provides a left slot 24, while the right support flange 22 is located below the right clamp 18 to provide a right slot 26. A ball 28 pressing a spring may be disposed on a vertical surface of the boss 12 . The ball system acts as a detent and cooperates with the notch in the sleeve. Notches in the sleeve also mate with similar balls on a drive spindle hand tool. In another embodiment, the studs may be sized to provide a friction fit with the inner bore 202 of the sleeve, and in this embodiment, the studs may be coated with a compressible rubber or polymer to mate with the inner bore 202 of the sleeve. An enhanced mechanical friction design is provided between the sleeves 200 .

Please also refer now to Figure 2, which shows a guide rail 30 made of a rigid material, such as metal or hard polymer.

The guide rail 30 may be extruded or molded. The main feature of the guide rail 30 is that its left and right sides each include a flange 32 , and the left and right flanges 32 are sized to fit snugly within the left and right slots 24 , 26 . Based on the structure of the guide rail 30 and the fasteners 10, a plurality of fasteners 10 can be mounted on one end of the guide rail 30 and slid to the other side of the guide rail so as to be distributed over the entire length of the guide rail.

Figure 2 shows that a total of eight fixing members 10 are installed on the guide rail 30, but only three sleeves 200 are installed on the three fixing members respectively.

Figure 3 is similar to Figure 2, but shows that all fasteners (not visible) have a sleeve 200 installed.

Figure 4 shows the relationship between the guide rail 30, the fixture 10 and the sleeve 200 in greater detail. The top 14 of the fastener 10 is inserted upward into the inner bore 202 of the sleeve 200 . The ball 28 of the fixing member 10 is biased toward the inner hole 202 of the sleeve 200 and is recessed to form a negative pawl, the shape of which matches the ball 28 . The above structure also includes an internal spring (not shown) that provides an outward bias to the ball 28 and holds the ball 28 in place. The sleeve 200 is locked to the fastener so that a user can selectively remove it.

Each of the eight slots provides the same function, so each sleeve 200 is detachably fixed on each fixing part 10 and each fixing part 10 can be installed on the guide rail 30 . As mentioned above, in another embodiment, the boss 12 is coated with a compressible polymer or rubber to provide a friction fit between the boss 12 and the inner bore 202 of the sleeve 200 .

Please refer to Figures 5-7, which show that the guide rail 30 is fixed and will not rotate during use. Therefore, during use, the sleeve 200 can be placed vertically on a workpiece table or table and will not roll over when being impacted. The design of the lower bearing plate 300 is to achieve the above purpose. The lower tray 300 may be made of a flat plate of polymer or plastic through a hot molding process. The lower bearing plate 300 is basically a plastic plate, and its peripheral edge can be provided with a first angled portion 304 near its peripheral edge to enhance structural rigidity.

In addition, a recess 302 ( FIG. 5 ) is designed to tightly accommodate the guide rail 30 so that the upper surface of the guide rail 30 and the topmost surface of the lower bearing plate 300 are on the same plane.

Finally, another design is to provide additional stability after the sleeve 200 is installed on the fixture 10 and the guide rail 30 is installed on the lower bearing plate 300 to prevent the sleeve 200 from rocking laterally. The design of the upper frame 400 is to achieve the above purpose. The upper frame 400 may be made of a polymer or plastic flat plate through a hot molding process, and its peripheral edge may be provided with a second angled portion 404 near its peripheral edge to enhance structural rigidity.

An important feature of the upper baffle 400 is that the central through-slot 402 basically extends from one end of the upper baffle to the other end, and its width is just large enough to accommodate a row of guide rails 30 provided on the lower bearing plate 300 . Sleeve (eg, sleeve 200). The upper frame 400 also has a left side wall 412 and a right side wall 414 connected with other walls to form a central through slot 402 .

The left side wall 412 and the right side wall 414 provide additional security and stability to prevent When the fixed frame 100 is struck, the sleeve falls off from the central through groove 402 of the upper frame 400 . The height of the two side walls extending upward is approximately equal to the width of the upper baffle 400 . A maximum height ("H") of the left and right side walls is from the lowest point of the upper frame 400 to the highest point of the left and right side walls 412, 414 as the first dimension; while the lower bearing plate 300 has a width ("W") is the second size (Figure 6).

In a preferred state, the first size should be in the range of 0.8 to 1.2 times the second size. Logically speaking, the length of the sleeve is at least as large as the depth of the central slot 402, and the height of the sleeve can be higher than the depth of the central slot. The upper frame 400 is installed on the lower bearing plate 300 to fix the guide rails and fasteners so that they cannot move inside the frame. The above structure can be completed by combining the first corner portion 304 and the second corner portion 404 .

As shown in Figures 6-7, through precise design, the circumference of the second corner portion 404 is only slightly larger than the circumference of the first corner portion 304, and annular tension is generated in the second corner portion 404, and Annular compression is provided to the first angled portion 304 to strengthen the connection between the second angled portion 404 and the first angled portion 304 . Additionally, a small amount of adhesive may be applied to the connection and/or staples may be applied to mount the upper frame 400 to the lower tray 300 .

It can be seen that the fixing bracket 100 of the present invention can provide the following novel advantages. The fasteners 10 may be spaced at any distance along the guide rail 30 . Therefore, the same rails and the same mountings can be used with many different sockets, tools or other equipment. When the size of different tools requires a longer or shorter spacing between the fasteners 10, the user can use the same guide rail and fasteners to adjust the required spacing. During assembly, the spacing of the fasteners 10 on the guide rail 30 can be set to the distance required for any sleeve group arrangement.

Additionally, the lower tray 300 can be used with many different tools, sockets or products without changing its shape. However, the upper frame may require some modifications to accommodate sockets or wider or narrower tools. However, this design only has one component, the upper baffle 400, which may need to be Modified to accommodate completely different products, other components can continue to be used in full, but the arrangement needs to be adjusted to accommodate different product groups.

10: Fixtures

12:Protruding pillar

14:Top surface

16:Left clamp

18: Right clamp

20:Left support flange

22:Right support flange

24:Left slot

26:Right slot

28:Sphere

Claims (12)

A retainer suitable for sleeves, including: a lower bearing plate having a generally flat surface and a first elongated rectangular profile; a guide rail including: a generally flat surface; a second elongated rectangular profile, the size of which can be completely Placed in the first elongated rectangular outline; a left side thin frame; and a right side thin frame; a plurality of fixing parts, and each fixing part includes: a protruding column whose size fits a standard of one of the central holes of the sleeve Configure the inner hole; and a left slot and a right slot, wherein the left slot is sized to accommodate the left thin frame of the slide rail, and the right slot is sized to accommodate the right thin frame of the guide rail, so each is fixed The component can slide along the guide rail and be installed vertically on the guide rail; an upper baffle frame includes: a third elongated rectangular profile, the size of which is the same as the first elongated rectangular profile; and a central through-slot passing through the upper baffle The lower surface and the upper surface of the frame, the central through groove is surrounded by a left side wall and a right side wall connected to other walls. The central through groove can accommodate a plurality of vertically arranged sleeves, and each sleeve They all have an inner hole that conforms to a standard configuration; and the upper baffle frame is installed on the lower bearing plate to fix the guide rail and a plurality of fixing members so that they cannot move relative to the upper baffle frame and the lower bearing plate. As described in item 1 of the patent application, the fixing bracket for a sleeve is provided, wherein the lower bearing The tray further includes a first angled portion having a length and extending to an edge adjacent to the first elongated rectangular profile; and the upper frame further includes a second angled portion having a length extending to adjacent an edge of the third elongated rectangular profile. : In addition, the length of the second corner portion is greater than the length of the first corner portion, and the first corner portion is placed below the second corner portion. As described in Item 1 of the patent application, the fixing bracket for a sleeve is provided, wherein the protruding column has a square top. As described in item 1 of the patent application, the sleeve-applicable retainer is characterized in that the protruding column is wrapped in a compressible material. The sleeve-applicable retainer described in item 1 of the patent application further includes a spherical body embedded in the protruding column and pushed away from the protruding column by a spring. As described in item 1 of the patent application, the sleeve-applicable fixing bracket has a height, and each of the left and right side walls has a height, and the lower support plate has a width; in addition, the height is tied to the width. in the range of 0.8 to 1.2 times. A method for assembling a sleeve holder, including: providing a lower bearing plate with a generally flat surface; providing a guide rail including a plane with a thin frame on the left and a thin frame on the right; A plurality of fasteners are provided, each fastener is designed to support a sleeve with a standard inner hole and has a left slot and a right slot; insert the thin left frame of each fastener into the left slot , the right thin frame is inserted into the right slot; each fixing piece is slid along the guide rail and spaced apart at a predetermined interval; an upper baffle frame is provided, which includes a plurality of walls surrounding it to form a central through-slot extending Groundly penetrate the lower surface and an upper surface of the upper baffle frame; insert each fixing member through the central slot; sandwich the guide rail between the lower bearing plate and the upper baffle frame; and connect the upper baffle frame to the Undertake the plate. As in the method of assembling the retainer of the sleeve as described in item 7 of the patent application, connecting the upper frame to the lower bearing plate further includes positioning a corner portion of the upper frame to a portion of the lower bearing plate. On the corner. The method of assembling the retainer of the sleeve as described in item 8 of the patent application further includes applying an adhesive between the upper frame and the lower bearing plate. As described in item 8 of the patent application, the method of assembling the retainer of the sleeve is to position a corner portion of the upper baffle frame on a corner portion of the lower bearing plate and include a corner portion of the upper baffle frame. A circular tension is produced. The method of assembling the retainer of the sleeve as described in item 8 of the patent application further includes generating an annular tension in a corner of the lower bearing plate. As described in item 7 of the patent application, the method of assembling the retainer of the sleeve is to clamp the guide rail between the lower bearing plate and the upper retaining frame so that the guide rail cannot move relative to the upper retaining frame and the lower bearing plate. .

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